fell off it and dislocated my knee, again. Looks like that may be it for my riding days.

Hope you get better. I am still getting over tearing my ACL in half (and the resulting knee that could fold side to side as well as front to back). I am 4 months post surgery on an expected 9 month recovery time. I know what it is like to have the knee move in ways it shouldn't and I do feel for you.

fell off it and dislocated my knee, again. Looks like that may be it for my riding days.

So what kind of brace are you wearing? Or are you listening to the people with good knees saying you don`t need them! I got my `pair` of CTI`2s in `95. I need to get an upgrade but that is yet to happen. I WOULD NOT RIDE without them.

So what kind of brace are you wearing? Or are you listening to the people with good knees saying you don`t need them! I got my `pair` of CTI`2s in `95. I need to get an upgrade but that is yet to happen. I WOULD NOT RIDE without them.

+1

I can ride for an hour without braces and be in pain or quite literally all day over my favorite rocks with the braces on. No pain and ready to do it again the next day. The braces have changed my life. I started with a low cost pair of sixsixones and have recently gotten a set of custom fit donjoys with patella and shin guards. Good luck.

Or I'll sic Gordy on you and believe me boy, you don't want that. Ever!

I wore a brace for a few months after my 7 months off last time... then moved onto a soft compression type one with metal hinges. All was ok and to be honest i doubt a full brace would have helped this time as the force was straight up my leg... no twisting involved.

Long story short me and the bike were heading backwards and unfortunately my foot jammed into something stopping it and my lower leg dead... the weight of the bike, me and the rearward motion just kept pushing and my knee popped. Thankfully it then popped back in again so not as badly damaged everything else anywhere near as bad as last time.

Moral of story for me... i've gone to twinshock to lesson the severity of the sections i should ride, but was out riding with 8 guys all on modern bikes!! I was the only one to clean the section as it stood and then decided to take it up a level... and here we are again :)

I will ride again but will leave it for longer and concentrate on strengthening the joint more, and yes i will use a brace from now on :) Great thing hindsight....!
But only myself to blame, both for the section i was trying to ride, the crash and also the lack of brace.